Summer Fun List
The Grand Mesa is the country's (or maybe the world's?) biggest flat top mountain, and it's right in my backyard. My parents have a canoe and I bet they can be persuaded to take it out on one of the many lakes up there...
In honor of the official start of summer, ten things I want to do before Labor Day rolls around:
- Eat a fresh strawberry ice cream cone at Enstrom's (I'll probably have more than one, to be honest)
- Watch a drive in movie in Delta (this is apparently one of the last drive in movie theaters in the country)
- Go swimming in Highline Lake
- Picnic
- Play bocce
- Have a fire and make s'mores
- Canoe in one of the lakes on the Mesa
- Sunbathe (I know, I know, it's bad for you, and I won't do it a lot...it just feels soooo good to relax in the sun...)
- Eat lots of local corn and peaches...in fact, when they're in season, I may eat little else...
- Ride the rides at Elitches
So glad summer is here! :)
What's on your list? Very curious to hear...
XO
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Getting Organized
Spent part of today helping my mom make wire tomato cages for her organic garden. All along one side is lined with lilac bushes in full bloom...love that smell...reminds me of my childhood...
Happy Thursday, Everyone!
The weather's finally turned warm here on the western edge of Colorado, my husband's done with school (well, his Junior year, anyway) next week, I've got a little break in my work schedule, and I'm starting to feel a bit physically and mentally recovered from the miscarriage I suffered close to a month ago. The upshot of all this? I'm feeling like getting organized and ready for what feels like a new beginning: a few months of fun and travel, nice weather to enjoy the outdoors, a different focus for my writing, a new try for a baby.
On tap for the next week or so:
- Yard work: Weeding, planting some vegetable seeds, putting flowers in all of our pots on the back patio, sweeping off the back patio and getting everything ready for a nice summer with lots of time outdoors...
- Closet: It looks like a tornado hit in there. My husband always says he can tell how I'm feeling by how messy my closet is. I'm feeling more like the happy-clean-closet girl these days, so I need to make that a physical reality
- Office: I work out of my house and for months and months have needed to a) clean old files off my laptop, b) go through my physical files and get rid of stuff I don't need/actually file them in my file cabinet (vs having them piled everywhere), c) clean out my supplies, keeping only what I really use/need
- Plans for Getting as Healthy as Possible: I want to put together a kind of roadmap for myself for the next few months between now and our FET (diet, exercise, stress-reduction, etc.). I'll be sharing here...
- Plans for Writing: Over the first part of this year, I've been pushing myself to finish up pieces of writing that I've started, and submit these for publication. This summer, I want to take a break from trying to publish and really focus on writing some new material. I hate the business side of writing...really looking forward to immersing myself in the fun, creative part of it...
- Travel/Fun: My husband and I want to have some fun and relax and be happy before gearing up for our next big fertility procedure. Will probably include a trip for just the two of us to some exotic locale. Yay! All sorts of plans should be getting put into place in the next week or two...
- A Few Little Treats: A few new throw cushions for the furniture on the back patio. A couple rocking chairs for our side patio, which is currently empty (I have this lovely vision of my husband and I sitting out there sipping iced tea and playing cribbage). A little footstool or two because my OB nurse told me it's not good for me to sit cross-legged or with my feet tucked under me, and yet I'm never comfortable sitting in a chair normally with my feet on the floor...
It's going to feel so good to get organized! Yay for looking ahead!
XO